---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to eligibility for release programs and parole board compensation and considerations."
description: "Relating to eligibility for release programs and parole board compensation and considerations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2178"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2178 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7ca96df-279f-41b4-a8cf-db18d3ef3477"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2178.html"
source_hash: "f5f84a28b5fb097607fd879c374b599206ac379a7697b8c2cf245fd619cbcac0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota SB 2178 (67) — Relating to eligibility for release programs and parole board compensation and considerations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0655-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0655-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-18** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2021-01-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-16** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2021-03-23** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-26** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-29** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-30** Signed by President
- **2021-03-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/31 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-05** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/01 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7ca96df-279f-41b4-a8cf-db18d3ef3477`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).